Buffalo Tract Protection Act
USA117th CongressS-180| Senate
| Updated: 1/31/2022
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Senator
New Mexico
Cosponsors (1)
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Buffalo Tract Protection Act This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Any conveyance of the surface estate of such federal land shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-60.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Land transfersMiningNew Mexico
Buffalo Tract Protection Act
USA117th CongressS-180| Senate
| Updated: 1/31/2022
Buffalo Tract Protection Act This bill withdraws specified Bureau of Land Management lands in Placitas, New Mexico, from (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) disposition under the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Any conveyance of the surface estate of such federal land shall require a reservation of the mineral estate to the United States.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-60.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 257.
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Senator
New Mexico